#55BFA5#55BFA5

#55BFA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.106 H 174.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BFA5
RGB	rgb(85, 191, 165)
HSL	hsl(165, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(165, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 0%, 13.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.81, -36.92, 3.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.81, 37.13, 173.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% -0.1053 0.0098)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.106 174.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.1656, 41.9067, 42.1418)
Luminance	0.4191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BFA5 #BF556F

analogous

#55BF70 #55BFA5 #55A4BF

triadic

#55BFA5 #A555BF #BFA555

tetradic

#55BFA5 #7055BF #BF556F #A4BF55

square

#55BFA5 #7055BF #BF556F #A4BF55

split-complementary

#55BFA5 #BF55A4 #BF7055

monochromatic

#2A705F #3B9C84 #55BFA5 #81D0BD #AEE0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#55BFA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#55BFA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BFA5

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BFA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BFA5	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B4A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A8A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#14C1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bfa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 191, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.106 174.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed3bf',
    500: '#55bfa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bfa5;
$custom-light: #8ed3bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bfa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.283,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73499,
    "c": 0.10577,
    "h": 174.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BFA5

secondary

#CEA1AC

accent

#5373D5

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BFA5

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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